Cynical Optimism » Functions http://evan.verstory.com my views on life and the world Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 array to real list http://evan.verstory.com/2008/11/php-array-to-real-list/ http://evan.verstory.com/2008/11/php-array-to-real-list/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:24:08 +0000 Evan http://evan.verstory.com/?p=166 Very simple function, but some newbie might have use for it; could also probably be integrated with Smarty if it’s not already. Probably should add some error throwing in here, but this works for my purposes.

Enjoy:

<?php

	// turns an array into a "real list"

function array_to_real_list( $array ) {

	$str = '';

	$last_part = array_pop($array);

	foreach ( $array as $part ) {
		$str .= trim($part) . ', ';
	}

	$str .= 'and ' . $last_part;

  return $str;

}

/*	Usage example: ----------------------------------------

	$array = array('lettuce', 'tomato', 'corn', 'ranch salad dressing');

echo array_to_real_list($array); // lettuce, tomato, corn, and ranch salad dressing

----------------------------------------------------------- */
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